Nebraska Sweeps The Wildcats At Home

Lincoln, Neb. - The
10th-ranked Nebraska women's tennis team (12-1, 1-0 Big Ten)
defeated No. 32 Kansas State (4-4, 0-0 Big 12) Saturday at the Nebraska Tennis
Center, 7-0. The Huskers were able to manage the doubles point despite some
tough games to head into singles where they topped off the match with some
much-needed victories. This is the 45th time that the teams have met
and Nebraska leads the series 33-12 following the triumph.

Nebraska struck first in doubles with a victory at the No. 2
position where Janine Weinreich and Stefanie Weinstein defeated Wildcats Carmen
Borau-Ramos and Ivana Kubickova 8-2. The Huskers claimed the doubles point at the
No. 1 position where No. 13 Mary Weatherholt and Patricia Veresova ousted
Kansas State's No. 31 Petra Niedermayerova and Karla Bonacic 8-3 to make the
score 1-0. The remaining match at the No. 3 spot quickly wrapped up with
Nebraska's Maggy Lehmicke and Izabella Zgierska toppled Wildcats Amina St. Hill
and Gema Bolado-Yusta 8-1.

The Huskers headed into singles with the 1-0 lead and extended
that cushion to 2-0 with a victory at the No. 5 spot where Janine Weinreich
defeated Kansas State's Amina St. Hill 6-1, 6-1. Nebraska's Patricia Veresova
toppled the Wildcats' No. 94 Karla Bonacic 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 2 position to
push the lead to 3-0.

Nebraska sealed their victory at the No. 3 position when
Stefanie Weinstein defeated Kansas State's Ivana Kubickova 7-5, 6-3 with the
overall score at 4-0. With the match decided, Nebraska snagged their next point
at the No. 4 spot when Maggy Lehmicke knocked off the Wildcats' Ana Gomez
Aleman 6-3, 6-2 to extend the tally to 5-0.

At the No. 6
position, Nebraska's Izabella Zgierska edged out the Wildcats' Carmen Borau
Ramos 6-3, 6-3 to push the margin to 6-0 before the match came to a close at
the No. 1 position where the Huskers' No. 16 Mary Weatherholt emerged
victorious over Kansas State's No. 17 Petra Niedermayerova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

The Huskers head to Iowa City on Tuesday March 5 to face
their second Big Ten opponent the Iowa Hawkeyes at 3:30 p.m.